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I get that point and i disagree because it makes two assumptions:

1. That you need to replicate Qt to have the same or equivalent features for a GUI toolkit (remember that what i made explicitly that Qt is more than just a GUI toolkit) or you will not have the same features at all

2. That you will "hit" said missing feature

None of these have to do anything with making a GUI library though. #1 is especially questionable since even if you need the non-GUI functionality Qt provides, it might be something the language already has (remember that this is about other languages aside from C and C++) and/or you may even find a separate library that provides such functionality.

And yes, inertia and image does affect A LOT. People do choose projects only because of the perceived safety of those projects from being used by other people. This is why regardless of features, many people stick or flock to languages/libraries/frameworks/etc for their communities and "community" or "ecosystem" is a common concern about something new. This is something you can see often in Hacker News posts too.




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